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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>GENESIS</span>
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CHAPTER 23
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Sarah dies and is buried in the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham buys from Ephron the Hittite.
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And</span> Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: <i>these were</i> the years of the life of Sarah.
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And Sarah <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 24: 67.">died</a> in Kirjath-arba; the same is <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/23/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 13: 18; Gen. 23: 19.">Hebron</a> in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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&#182; And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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I <i>am</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/4a" mark="a" type="F" title="IE a resident alien; TG Strangers.">a</a> stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/23/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Death.">dead</a> out of my sight.
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And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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Hear us, my lord: thou <i>art</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB a prince of God.">a</a> mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
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And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, <i>even</i> to the children of Heth.
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And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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That he may give me the cave of <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 25: 9; Gen. 49: 30.">Machpelah</a>, which he hath, which <i>is</i> in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
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And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, <i>even</i> of all that went in at the <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 34: 20; Ruth 4: 1.">gate</a> of his city, saying,
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Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that <i>is</i> therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
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And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
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And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou <i>wilt give it,</i> I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take <i>it</i> of me, and I will bury my dead there.
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And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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My lord, hearken unto me: the land <i>is worth</i> four hundred <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 30: 13; Ezek. 45: 12.">shekels</a> of silver; what <i>is</i> that betwixt me and thee?  bury therefore thy dead.
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And Abraham hearkened unto <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 49: 30.">Ephron</a>; and Abraham <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/23/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 21: 25; Jer. 32: 9.">weighed</a> to <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/23/16c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 25: 10.">Ephron</a> the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current <i>money</i> with the merchant.
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&#182; And the field of <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 50: 13; Acts 7: 16.">Ephron</a>, which <i>was</i> in Machpelah, which <i>was</i> before Mamre, the field, and the cave which <i>was</i> therein, and all the trees that <i>were</i> in the field, that <i>were</i> in all the borders round about, were made sure
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Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
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And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/23/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 23: 2.">Hebron</a> in the land of Canaan.
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And the field, and the cave that <i>is</i> therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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